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In the U.K., streaming commercial radio stations over smart devices is just as easily accomplished as it is in the USA. But, protecting that connectivity is a paramount concern among legislators, and they're doing something about it.

In April, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued warnings to sixteen landowners in the NYC/NJ area for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property as part of sweeps under the recently passed PIRATE Act. Now those sweeps have come to The Magic City.

After a long career of championing many causes deemed in this public interest, and now consumer activist Ralph Nader has turned his gaze to a slightly less pressing issue than seatbelts - radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball.

On Thursday, Sirius XM Holdings Inc. experienced a notable surge in stock value, rising more than 42% to $7.72 on significantly higher-than-average volume. But as Sir Isaac Newton would say: what goes up, must come down.

Townsquare Media made positive hints at its Q2 status by its actions in late June, but we'll get the full picture soon. On Thursday, the company announced its release date for its financial results for the second quarter of 2023.

In another settlement that underscores the serious nature of maintaining a proper public inspection file, Mount Vernon Broadcasting’s WJXO-AM "way down yonder" in Chattahoochie, FL has entered into a Consent Decree with the Federal Communications Commission.

He's an iconic figure in Hispanic radio, and after selling all of his radio stations decided to get back into radio ownership. Today, Amador Bustos and his Bustos Media owns stations in such markets as Portland, Ore. Now, Bustos is growing its stable of radio properties in Oregon by acquiring a property it has been leasing for "La Pantera."

Educational Media Foundation, the parent company of the Christian Contemporary Music KLOVE noncomm and its Worship Music Air1 sibling, has engineered a trade of FM translators involving a licensee led by Vic Michael Jr.

A portion of the land on which the WGN-AM in Chicago tower sits is being sold, a move that comes with the annexation of the land on which it sits by Elk Grove Village, Ill. Six public pickleball courts will be built on part of the parcel. Meanwhile, the current tower is being torn down and replaced.

Salem Media Group has moved forward with management structure changes "in a limited number of markets" that, the publicly traded company says, "provide some cost savings and will allow Salem's most seasoned leaders to expand their impact on the performance of the company."

The nation's No. 1 owner of radio stations, which also says is the top podcast publisher globally according to Podtrac, has finalized a strategic partnership with LinkedIn that is designed to "introduce new offerings to the business podcast space."

Epperson founded what was originally called Salem Communications in 1986 with his brother-in-law, Edward Atsinger. Since then, Salem has grown thanks to a stable of radio stations that include Christian Talk & Teaching, CCM and conservative-leaning secular News/Talk formats. 

The second quarter of 2023 saw an increase in the number of FM noncommercial radio stations in the U.S., as the total number of commercially licensed FMs declined — as did the number of AM radio stations in the U.S. Meanwhile, there was growth in the LPTV arena during Q2, new FCC data show.

When it comes to compliance of the FCC's Public File Rule, the Commission means business. Just ask the owner of a North Carolina FM, which has signed a Consent Decree to resolve outstanding issues. That said, there's a whole other matter involving WPNC-FM the FCC has been dealing with.

On July 7, Streamline Publishing's Radio Ink was first to report that Craig Swagler was saying goodbye to CBS News Radio, resigning as VP/General Manager in order to spend more time with his family and relocate from New York to Baltimore. Now, Swagler has formally resurfaced, and he begins his new job on August 1.